Welcome to NMSU's website for Boosting Engineering, Science,
and Technology (B.E.S.T.) This competition exposes middle and high school
students to the concepts of engineering and technology through a robotics design
challenge. Annually in September, teams of middle and high school students
receive a box of parts and electronics to design and build remote-controlled
robots to accomplish a specific task. In six weeks the teams design and build
prototypes, stage mock competitions, compete against each other locally, and
then move on to a regional play-off and championship.
Legislators and educators say that for the United States to stay competitive in
the future, schools must graduate students more skilled in science, while industry
complains of a dearth of qualified applicants. BEST Robotics Inc. addresses this with
the BEST competition, taking the intimidation factor out of engineering and making
it a sport.
For questions about the website - mail to sheila@nmsu.edu